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Professor Natalie Waran has been recognised for her lifetime's research into improving the lives of horses.
Natalie has been awarded an Order of the British Empire - or OBE - for services to equine welfare, research and education in the King's Birthday Honours.
During her career, she has developed evidence-based educational programmes to improve how we understand and assess an animal's quality of life - and not just horses either. Her recent projects include looking at how artificial intelligence can decode a horse's emotional expressions while she's collaborated in a project designed to help cats (and their owners) transition to living indoors.
She was formerly professor in Animal Welfare Science at University of Edinburgh, relocated to New Zealand in 2016, and is director of animal welfare charity Companion Animals New Zealand (CANZ).
Natalie Waran OBE speaks to Susie.
